Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having taken part in any type of volunteer activities outside of school requirements and without being paid in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
62.0
61.6 - 62.4
56.5
56.1 - 56.9
58.4
71.7
73.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
60.3
59.6 - 61.0
54.1
53.3 - 54.9
56.4
71.6
74.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
65.4
64.5 - 66.2
60.3
59.5 - 61.1
62.2
70.1
72.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
63.7
62.9 - 64.5
59.0
58.1 - 59.9
61.4
69.8
72.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
56.4
54.7 - 58.1
53.7
52.1 - 55.4
55.1
79.2
75.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
58.5
55.9 - 61.0
49.2
46.8 - 51.7
48.7
67.1
72.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
56.0
54.5 - 57.4
50.6
49.2 - 52.1
51.4
77.4
75.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
65.5
63.8 - 67.2
58.9
57.2 - 60.7
60.2
73.8
72.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
60.6
58.5 - 62.7
55.5
53.3 - 57.7
54.1
76.3
76.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
58.8
56.6 - 61.0
50.9
48.5 - 53.4
52.8
75.9
74.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
57.0
53.6 - 60.3
48.3
45.1 - 51.4
48.5
66.1
72.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
50.4
46.6 - 54.1
44.0
40.2 - 47.7
47.7
80.4
74.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
60.7
57.0 - 64.5
50.6
46.8 - 54.5
49.1
68.4
71.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
61.6
59.6 - 63.6
53.1
51.1 - 55.2
56.5
84.4
84.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
61.9
57.0 - 66.8
53.4
48.3 - 58.5
63.5
74.0
71.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
56.1
53.7 - 58.5
53.4
51.1 - 55.7
54.0
78.8
75.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
66.1
64.1 - 68.0
58.9
56.8 - 61.0
61.0
68.5
70.8
Fredericton
65.2
64.1 - 66.4
61.0
59.7 - 62.3
62.4
72.0
76.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
62.4
81.5
77.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
59.8
57.0 - 62.6
55.6
52.9 - 58.3
58.8
77.1
78.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
70.3
64.9 - 75.7
53.9
47.6 - 60.1
57.0
69.0
72.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
49.0
44.5 - 53.4
50.1
45.5 - 54.7
50.4
82.9
67.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
64.8
60.9 - 68.7
59.5
55.4 - 63.6
58.8
64.3
72.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
66.2
64.4 - 68.0
59.8
57.9 - 61.6
61.3
73.0
72.4
Moncton
59.0
58.0 - 60.1
53.8
52.7 - 54.9
56.0
68.2
72.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
64.4
60.4 - 68.4
64.3
60.3 - 68.2
66.2
72.7
76.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
59.3
54.0 - 64.7
51.9
46.5 - 57.4
51.5
81.6
76.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
63.4
59.0 - 67.7
61.0
56.5 - 65.6
63.6
67.3
65.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
56.7
54.6 - 58.9
52.4
50.2 - 54.5
57.9
64.6
68.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
59.1
55.1 - 63.0
57.8
54.0 - 61.7
58.3
68.2
70.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
68.7
67.3 - 70.2
64.8
63.3 - 66.3
67.2
73.1
74.0
Riverview and Coverdale
63.1
60.7 - 65.5
59.6
57.4 - 61.9
61.3
67.6
71.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
67.2
63.9 - 70.4
63.6
60.1 - 67.0
64.0
72.6
73.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
62.2
60.9 - 63.5
57.8
56.6 - 59.1
60.3
68.3
72.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
64.8
61.8 - 67.8
56.7
53.9 - 59.6
58.0
63.8
68.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
54.9
52.1 - 57.8
45.5
42.4 - 48.6
49.4
72.5
79.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
51.3
47.7 - 55.0
47.7
44.0 - 51.4
46.2
77.4
78.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
71.1
67.9 - 74.3
60.2
56.5 - 64.0
60.2
68.1
69.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
67.6
64.8 - 70.5
60.7
57.9 - 63.5
60.2
73.6
73.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
64.8
62.0 - 67.6
58.8
56.2 - 61.4
61.1
65.3
70.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
53.7
50.8 - 56.6
48.0
45.1 - 51.0
51.7
78.0
72.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
61.6
60.6 - 62.5
57.4
56.4 - 58.4
58.7
66.1
70.1
Anglophone North School District
66.0
64.6 - 67.3
60.2
58.8 - 61.6
58.9
68.4
69.8
Anglophone South School District
65.5
64.7 - 66.4
60.3
59.4 - 61.1
62.4
70.0
72.1
Anglophone West School District
63.4
62.6 - 64.2
59.1
58.2 - 60.0
61.4
68.5
71.9
Anglophone sector
63.9
63.4 - 64.4
59.2
58.7 - 59.7
60.8
68.5
71.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
53.5
52.1 - 54.9
46.9
45.5 - 48.3
49.2
78.6
75.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
56.5
54.7 - 58.4
53.3
51.6 - 55.1
54.6
80.6
76.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
59.1
58.0 - 60.1
50.1
48.9 - 51.3
54.2
80.9
82.7
Francophone sector
57.0
56.2 - 57.7
49.7
48.9 - 50.5
52.7
80.1
79.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
60.4
59.8 - 61.0
53.8
53.1 - 54.4
56.9
73.0
75.1
Grades 9 to 12
63.1
62.5 - 63.6
58.4
57.9 - 59.0
59.5
70.9
72.5
Gender
Female
67.4
66.9 - 68.0
62.3
61.7 - 62.9
64.0
n/a
n/a
Male
57.2
56.6 - 57.8
51.7
51.1 - 52.3
54.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
56.4
53.3 - 59.5
52.9
50.9 - 54.8
52.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
66.4
65.8 - 66.9
61.3
60.7 - 61.9
62.6
77.4
n/a
Male
57.4
56.8 - 57.9
51.5
50.9 - 52.1
54.1
65.7
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
59.3
58.1 - 60.4
55.0
54.0 - 55.9
54.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
64.0
62.5 - 65.5
56.2
54.4 - 57.9
57.3
67.1
70.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
61.2
60.0 - 62.3
55.2
54.0 - 56.5
57.1
74.1
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
60.8
59.2 - 62.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
61.8
60.8 - 62.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 6 to 12 who report having taken part in any type of volunteer activities outside of school requirements and without being paid in the last 12 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no". This indicators is based on respondents who answered at least 1 of the following 5 questions about volunteer activities outside of school: In the last 12 months, did you take part in any of the following volunteer activities (outside of school requirements and without being paid)? Supporting a cause (e.g. food bank, UNICEF, Operation Christmas Child), fund raising (e.g. charity, school trips), helping in my community (e.g. coaching sports, helping at Sunday School, volunteering at hospital), helping neighbours or relatives (e.g. cutting grass, babysitting, shovelling snow) and doing other organized volunteer activity.

Notes

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_VOLAT_1

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